The capital phenomenon, the most catastrophic disaster, is uninterrupted sleeplessness, that nothingness without release.

He who hates himself is not humble.

All philosophers should end their days at Pythia's feet. There is only one philosophy, that of unique moments.

Boredom dismantles the mind, renders it superficial, out at the seams, saps it from within and dislocates it.

No one should forget: Eros alone can fulfill life; knowledge, never. Only Eros makes sense; knowledge is empty infinity; – for thoughts, there is always time; life has its time; there is no thought that comes too late; any desire can become a regret.

Old age, after all, is merely the punishment for having lived.

Beware of thinkers whose minds function only when they are fueled by a quotation.